# Setup: Designing the cluster
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You must design the cluster to suit the number of workflows you plan to create. You could be creating the following types of workflows:
+ Encoding workflows. These workflows require only Elemental Live. 
+ MPTS workflows. These workflows require both Elemental Live and Elemental Statmux.

**Topics**
+ [Number of Conductor Live nodes](cl3-node-design.md)
+ [Number of primary Elemental Live nodes](el-node-design.md)
+ [Number of primary Elemental Statmux nodes](smx-node-design.md)